Action, act and deed agree in designating something done or effected.
Category: Synonyms
Act vs Play vs Impersonate
Act, play and impersonate all are synonyms when they mean to assume the appearance or role of another person or character.
Act vs Behave vs Work vs Operate vs Function vs React
Act, behave, work, operate, function and react all are comparable when used with reference to the way in which a person or thing does what is expected or responds to external influences or circumstances.
Across vs Crosswise vs Crossways vs Athwart
Across, crosswise, crossways and athwart all are synonymous when they mean so as to intersect the length of something.
Acknowledge vs Recognize
Acknowledge and Recognize agree in meaning to take cognizance of in some way, usually in a way dictated by custom or convention and implying acceptance or assent.
Account vs Report vs Chronicle vs Version vs Story
Account, report, chronicle, version and story denote a statement of actual events or conditions or of purported occurrences or conditions.
Accumulate vs Amass vs Hoard
Accumulate, amass and hoard imply in both literal and figurative usage a bringing together so as to make a store or great quantity.
Accompaniment vs Concomitant
Accompaniment and concomitant denote in common something attendant upon or found in association with another thing. Both may imply addition, but they vary chiefly in the kind of relationship connoted between the principal and the attendant things.
Accident vs Casualty vs Mishap
Accident, casualty and mishap are synonyms when they designate chance or a chance event bringing injury or loss.
Acceptance vs Acceptation
Acceptance and acceptation have both at one time or another carried the meanings: the act or fact of accepting or the state of being accepted. Present usage, however, restricts their denotations.
Abusive vs Opprobrious vs Vituperative vs Contumelious vs Scurrilous
Abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious and scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance.
Abuse vs Misuse vs Mistreat vs Maltreat vs Ill-treat vs Outrage
Abuse, misuse, mistreat, maltreat, ill-treat and outrage all denote to use or treat a person or thing improperly or wrongfully.